re: Even more reason to hate California - check out these Bay Area salaries

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You paid a half a million for 2400 sq ft and you’re 45 mins from the closest city?

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Not at all, those are the main metro areas that drive up pricing though, more so San Fran. So even in the suburbs that far out it's still significant.

I feel bad for people who are mad at others who are more successful than they are.

The 8 months experience complaining about $185k does sound ridiculous imo. I guess it's relative to cost of living but still. Fwiw those salaries are much higher than southern California salaries

Base salaries are on par or slightly low for oil field engineering managers, but those cash/stock offers are way more than LA/TX.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned in business is that people are cheap. These are highly successful companies because they get the best employees by overpaying for them. In the grand scheme of profits, it’s pennies.

Companies that nickel and dime their employees typically are always struggling to survive. Over pay for people. It’s not a big expense. I just hired a stud engineer by offering him around $20k more than the going rate. In the grand scheme of things, what’s 20k?

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For one, working at Facebook or google isn’t an 8 to 5 job. They make those campuses awesome so you’ll spend a lot of time there. Factor in a commute and you are spending a shite ton of time there.

Secondly, you may laugh at the guy out of college, but if other companies are paying new hires more, then that’s what his current earning potential is. It makes sense to optimize your salary rather than say “I get paid enough already”.

I'm just surprised companies are willing to pay so much for labor costs, just to be located in the Bay area.

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The biggest lesson I’ve learned in business is that people are cheap. These are highly successful companies because they get the best employees by overpaying for them. In the grand scheme of profits, it’s pennies.

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One thing I will never understand. Top level guys making zillions when the laborers make shite pay, leading to a lower talent level, lower morale and higher turnover. All of which cost the company big money.

I know a guy in the home healthcare industry who is makes a ton of money, but is cheap af. Like losing his fricking mind from stress when CMS or some insurance company checks up on them but I guess he'd rather lose sleep every night versus taking a small paycut and actually hire the right people for the job. I'm sure he'll be glad to have saved that money when CMS hits hit with a 6 figure fine and he loses all his contracts because he was too cheap to staff his operation adequately.

Why stress when you don't have to? Life is short.

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all relative baw, col out there is crazy

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Other than housing, it's not that bad. Not nearly on the level some people think.

I only worked 6 months last year in San Jose and still made $125k, and I don't live like a pauper. Far from it. Granted, I have no intention of buying a home there, but if you have a little bit of common sense, it's not hard to get by at all.

In the units where I rent the condo I stay in, there's a 500 sq ft, one bedroom unit for sale for $495k. That's insane when you think the the place I rent, a 1100 sq ft two bedroom unit, was bought for $565k in 2015.